Stranded in this spooky town
Stoplight just swaying and the phone lines are down
Floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun

Driven by the strangle of vein
Showing no mercy, I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying
And baby I'll bleed you dry
Skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea

And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer

You, you shimmy-shook my boat
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
Do you think of me
Where am I now
Oh, baby where do I sleep?
Feels so good but I'm old
Two thousand years of chasing, taking it's toll

And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer

And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer


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    I thought this song was about how the life can be sucked out of someone and how a person feels "defeated" in a relationship and has just lost all hope.

    Then I read the vampire reference and thought yeah, it does make sense but why go through all that trouble to make it so emotional? The singer sings with such strength and effort its an obvious statement that he wants to tell us something but is using the vampire story as a cover.

    Hezzyon August 11, 2011   Link

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